American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 685.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):
  According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,716 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 685, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc416118f71de7ec71cd2de52dd87b3fca94e6f78f2aa8d381017546e679217b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 685, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.